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It's my observation that the "bicycles will be removed" signs on this street are not securely attached to the rails. I don't own a bicycle and I don't live on this street so I don't have any skin in this game. However, I'm surprised that bike vigilantes have not tried to remove the signs in the middle of the night. I'm only slightly ashamed to admit that I'd like to see this conflict escalate.

The city needs to approve of some sort of biker cabal that can legally remove abandoned bikes though an agreed upon process that offers the owner a good chance of getting their bike back if they want it. If anything they could at least know to remove it and maybe give the lock to someone who could use it.Has anyone noticed the abandoned bikes taking up the two best bike parking places in front of the Morton Williams on Bleecker st? Who the hell would even buy a bike like that here? A beach cruiser for fucks sake! In New York! It's no wonder they left in front of the grocery store.I've never seen anywhere as bad as East 5th though, it really is the perfect storm of delivery bikes from the restaurants on 2nd Ave and skeletonized crappy bikes that have clearly been used three times and left for six months! I admit(since you cant see who I am) to locking my own bike to these fences a few times, there is simply nowhere else in the area! If anything the signs do keep the tree fences from becoming huge pyramids of various bike remains, so they probably do serve their purpose despite being obnoxious.

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